Combined ladder-hook, spanner, and hose-carrier.



. N6. 845,709. PATENTED FEB. 26,1907.

J. G. GLADDING.

GOMBINED LADDER HOOK, SPANNBB, AND Hosr: CARRIER. APPLICATION IILED JULY 29. 1906.

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COMBINED LADDER-HOOK, S

PANNER, AND HOSE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed July 29,1905. Serial No. 271,829.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE G. GLADDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Providence and State of Ithode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Ladder-Hook, Spanner, and Hose-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improved implement for firemans use whereby he is enabled to carry forward and lighten up the hose and to manipulate the hose-couplings and also to hook himself to the round of a ladder, so as to leave him free to use both hands for any purpose required, the said implement being of extremely light construction and readily carried in the pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention as connected with a line of fire-hose for moving the same forward. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same separate from the line of hose. Fig. 3 represents a front edge view without the connecting-rope. Fig. 4 represents a view of the spanner end of the implement without the connecting-rope In the drawings, A represents a section of fire-hose, and B the improved firemans implement, which comprises the ladder-hook a, and the spanner b with the handlebar c between them, the said handle-bar being provided at near its middle portion with the eye (1, in which is secured the rope e for attaching the implement to the hose, the said rope I serving to form a clasping-noose f. The attachment of the implement B to the fire-hose A is shown in Fig. 1, and in this case when the handle-bar c is grasped by the hand of the fireman the hose may be lifted from the ground and carried forward. The hook a is adapted for engagement with the rung of the ladder or other support, and the enlargement formed by the spanner b at the end of the handlebar serves to form a support for the hand of the fireman when grasping the handle-bar to carry the hose, and also when grasping the said handle-bar after the enclasped hose is hooked to the rung of a ladder and the fireman desires to employ the hook as a hand-support the said enlargement formed by the spanner serves to prevent the .hand of the fireman from slipping off of the end of the handle-bar c.

I claim as my invention An implement of the character described, comprising the handlebar having a hook at one end and a spanner at the other, which latter forms an enlargement for the support of the hand at the end of the handle-bar opposite the hook, the eye located in the handlebar between the hook and the spanner, and the rope held in the eye of the handle-bar to form a noose for attaching the implement to the hose.

JESSE G. GLADDING. Witnesses:

SooRATEs SGHOLFIELD, MINNIE E. RANNEY. 

